Niveles de 25-hidroxivitamina D y riesgo cardiovascular en una población estudiantil universitaria de Armenia-Colombia.

Objetivo: Describir la relación entre los niveles de 25-hidroxivitamina D y el riesgo cardiovascular en universitarios de Armenia-Colombia. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal durante 2017-2018. Se calculó el riesgo cardiovascular por las escalas Framingham, Framingham Colombia y OMS/ISH. Se determinaron los niveles de lípidos, insulina, citocinas y 25-hidroxivitamina D. Posteriormente se realizaron pruebas de Anova, regresión múltiple y prueba de Chi-Cuadrado. Se consideró un nivel de significancia cuando p <0,05. Resultados: La edad promedio fue 21,05 años (IC95: 20,62 - 21,48) y el promedio de vitamina D fue 27,7 ng/ml (IC95: 26,52 - 28,88). Hubo diferencias estadísticamente significativas por sexo (p=0,009), siendo más frecuente la deficiencia e insuficiencia en el sexo femenino. El promedio de Puntaje Framingham fue -4,02±3,7. La variación explicada (R2) del Puntaje Framingham tiene relación con colesterol (p<0,001), cHDL (p<0,001) y vitamina D (p=0,039). El Porcentaje Framingham se relaciona con edad (p=0,031), perímetro abdominal (p=0,005), interferón-γ (p<0,001) e interleucina-6 (p=0,050). Conclusión: La deficiencia e insuficiencia de vitamina D fueron condiciones prevalentes en esta población. La variación explicada del modelo de puntaje Framingham se asoció con colesterol, cHDL y vitamina D. El porcentaje de Framingham tuvo relación con la edad, el perímetro abdominal, interferón-γ e interleucina-6

Impact of education on knowledge, attitudes, and practices for gestational toxoplasmosis

Background: Toxoplasmosis is potentially avoidable, treatable, and curable by simple and direct preventive measures. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) assessments concerning gestational toxoplasmosis were evaluated in a cohort of pregnant women from Armenia-Quindío (Colombia, South America). Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive KAP-type study was performed with informed consent between October 2021 and March 2022. The intervention involved a ten-minute talk administered by prenatal clinic nurses to pregnant women. This took place in the public health clinic RedSalud and the private clinic Happy Maternity with a post-KAP survey after pregnancy. Results: The findings of the initial KAP survey revealed that approximately 42.8 % of the 250 mothers surveyed had IgG anti-T. gondii antibodies present. A strong correlation was observed between a lower frequency of antibodies and a higher level of education. Following an educational intervention, 73 seronegative women demonstrated a significant improvement in their knowledge and behavior. Among the 111 mothers who received the intervention, 42 (37 %) were followed until delivery. Unfortunately, their level of compliance with prenatal serological follow-up was lower compared to previous historical records of cohort of mothers in the same health center during pre-pandemic periods. No seroconversion occurred, although the small number of cases makes the outcome inconclusive with respect to statistical significance. Conclusions: Education plays a crucial role in imparting valuable knowledge and fostering effective practices. It holds significant potential to prevent toxoplasmosis in pregnant seronegative mothers. Prenatal check-ups have proven to be a critical determinant in leveraging the benefits of education for seronegative mothers. Reporting and observed behaviors differed, identifying areas for improvement.</p

Revisar y reescribir textos académicos con herramientas digitales para transformar el conocimiento en la formación del profesorado en la Universidad

La necesidad de proporcionar herramientas digitales para la docencia online eficaz nos lleva a continuar la investigación de la fase de revisión y reescritura de textos, con la finalidad de ofrecer recursos tecnológicos en la plataforma UCM-Redactext

Niveles de 25-hidroxivitamina D y riesgo cardiovascular en una población estudiantil universitaria de Armenia-Colombia

Objetivo: Describir la relación entre los niveles de 25-hidroxivitamina D y el riesgo cardiovascular en universitarios de Armenia- (Colombia).Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, durante 2017-2018. Se calculó el riesgo cardiovascular mediante las escalas Framingham, Framingham Colombia y OMS/ISH. Se determinaron los niveles de lípidos, insulina, citocinas y 25-hidroxivitamina D. Posteriormente se realizaron pruebas de Anova, regresión múltiple y prueba chi cuadrado. Se consideró un nivel de significancia cuando p<0,05.Resultados: La edad promedio fue 21,05 años (IC95: 20,62 - 21,48) y el promedio de vitamina D fue 27,7 ng/ml (IC95: 26,52 - 28,88). Hubo diferencias estadísticamente significativas por sexo (p=0,009), siendo más frecuente la deficiencia e insuficiencia en el sexo femenino. El promedio de Puntaje Framingham fue -4,02±3,7. La variación explicada (R2) del Puntaje Framingham tiene relación con colesterol (p<0,001), cHDL (p<0,001) y vitamina D (p=0,039). El Porcentaje Framingham se relaciona con edad (p=0,031), perímetro abdominal (p=0,005), interferón-y (p<0,001) e interleucina-6 (p=0,050).Conclusión: La deficiencia e insuficiencia de vitamina D fueron condiciones prevalentes en esta población. La variación explicada del modelo de puntaje Framingham se asoció con colesterol, cHDL y vitamina D. El porcentaje de Framingham tuvo relación con la edad, el perímetro abdominal, interferón-y e interleucina-6

Evaluation of the acceptability of point of care diagnostic test for prenatal toxoplasmosis (translational research phase III)

Background: A new point of care test (POC) was developed that is promising as a tool to enhance impact of prenatal care programs for toxoplasmosis, however, no reports exist about its use or acceptability for healthcare personnel and mothers in Colombia. Methods: This was a translational research - phase III study of the acceptability of a new POC test (Toxoplasma ICT IgG-IgM, LDBio) for qualitative diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in 783 pregnant women and 30 health personnel in primary health care sites in the city of Armenia, Quindío (Colombia). Along with collection of the results of diagnostic POC and confirmatory test and demographic information, we evaluated acceptability through measure of the willingness, credibility, and satisfaction by using questionnaires with a Likert scale during routine prenatal care visits. Results: POC positivity was 46.5% among pregnant participants and was significantly related to socioeconomic factors, including education level (p = 0.00000000) and insurance status (p = 0.00000015). A total of 93–97% of healthcare personnel indicated agreement to positive statements regarding total satisfaction and total credibility of the LDBio test, but qualitative questions identified “Difficulty in the test procedure” as the most common response about barriers to apply the test. Greater than 90% of pregnant participants agree that POC test should be routine for all pregnant woman and permanently implemented. Conclusions: The test had near complete acceptability. In future studies it is necessary to examine the effect of non-differentiation between IgG and IgM isotypes

Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis

Background There is a substantial gap in provision of adequate surgical care in many low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the economic burden of unmet surgical need for the common condition of appendicitis. Methods Data on the incidence of appendicitis from 170 countries and two different approaches were used to estimate numbers of patients who do not receive surgery: as a fixed proportion of the total unmet surgical need per country (approach 1); and based on country income status (approach 2). Indirect costs with current levels of access and local quality, and those if quality were at the standards of high-income countries, were estimated. A human capital approach was applied, focusing on the economic burden resulting from premature death and absenteeism. Results Excess mortality was 4185 per 100 000 cases of appendicitis using approach 1 and 3448 per 100 000 using approach 2. The economic burden of continuing current levels of access and local quality was US $92 492 million using approach 1 and$73 141 million using approach 2. The economic burden of not providing surgical care to the standards of high-income countries was $95 004 million using approach 1 and$75 666 million using approach 2. The largest share of these costs resulted from premature death (97.7 per cent) and lack of access (97.0 per cent) in contrast to lack of quality. Conclusion For a comparatively non-complex emergency condition such as appendicitis, increasing access to care should be prioritized. Although improving quality of care should not be neglected, increasing provision of care at current standards could reduce societal costs substantially

Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis

Background There is a substantial gap in provision of adequate surgical care in many low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify the economic burden of unmet surgical need for the common condition of appendicitis. Methods Data on the incidence of appendicitis from 170 countries and two different approaches were used to estimate numbers of patients who do not receive surgery: as a fixed proportion of the total unmet surgical need per country (approach 1); and based on country income status (approach 2). Indirect costs with current levels of access and local quality, and those if quality were at the standards of high-income countries, were estimated. A human capital approach was applied, focusing on the economic burden resulting from premature death and absenteeism. Results Excess mortality was 4185 per 100 000 cases of appendicitis using approach 1 and 3448 per 100 000 using approach 2. The economic burden of continuing current levels of access and local quality was US $92 492 million using approach 1 and$73 141 million using approach 2. The economic burden of not providing surgical care to the standards of high-income countries was $95 004 million using approach 1 and$75 666 million using approach 2. The largest share of these costs resulted from premature death (97.7 per cent) and lack of access (97.0 per cent) in contrast to lack of quality. Conclusion For a comparatively non-complex emergency condition such as appendicitis, increasing access to care should be prioritized. Although improving quality of care should not be neglected, increasing provision of care at current standards could reduce societal costs substantially